Clinical Features and Short-term Outcomes of 144 Patients With SARS in the Greater Toronto Area

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is an emerging infectious disease that first manifested in humans in China in November 2002 and has subsequently spread worldwide.To describe the clinical characteristics and short-term outcomes of SARS in the first large group of patients in North America; to describe how these patients were treated and the variables associated with poor outcome.Retrospective case series involving 144 adult patients...